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NFF crisis: Sanusi resumes as Police defends action
The Secretary General of the Nigeria Football Federation, Mohammed Sanusi, and his lieutenants on Monday resumed work despite the Jos Federal High Court ruling last Friday.
Although, efforts to speak with Sanusi proved abortive as Journalists were barred from entering NFF premises, but he was sighted moving around the offices, supervising the activities of the federation for the day.
Neither the Amaju Pininck executive board nor Chris Giwa led group who said he would resume office on Monday has showed up at the secretariat from morning till the close of work by 4pm.
It also appears that all the appointments announced by the Giwa group last Friday were on paper.
Read also: NFF crisis: Keyamo seeks Giwa’s arrest as Police barricade office
Only NFF staffers were allowed to enter the office to go about their normal activities.
However, as at filling this report the presence of over 35 armed policemen were on ground to maintain law and order at the soccer house.
Speaking on the issue, the Assistant Superintendent of Police ASP, Irek Sunday, disclosed: “we are here to maintain law and order police are not to take sides with any group.
“We are working on instructions and police have way of working, me too I don’t know what is happening here so this place security zone,” he said.
In a related development , it was gathered that the Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung has been served court order while Giwa led group also had a meeting with him.
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